Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Well, jess I'm sure some people may use this logic...to give up on exercise/cycling. Would you tell someone this if they were trying to lose weight? Some of us are cycling for not just transportation, but for fun and for our health --physical and mental.
But that's totally unrelated to the thread. The thread is about money savings for bike commuting vs car. I save wear & tear on the car by bike commuting, but daily expenditure is about the same. My daily commute would be about 2/3 gallon of gas, or...maybe $2.40 (depending on where I buy it). I can't even ride the bus for that price (and the bus ride takes longer than biking!) But then, my car is fairly cheap to maintain and has been paid off since the second I purchased it - and Colorado has relatively cheap insurance (especially if you don't have comprehensive/collision).